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<p>Environmental education is not aligning with the sustainability and educational needs of the 21st century. Design-based learning emerges as a viable solution, fostering problem-solving and experiential learning in the environment. With its constructivist approach, it has the potential to improve environmental literacy across diverse social contexts. This research explores the use of research by design and design-based learning to develop extracurricular programs in schools in Brazil and Hungary. The analytical framework is developed through a literature review and systematic case analysis. The program’s objective is to engage the school community in redesigning their environment, following the design-based instruction framework, and incorporating the community’s context and landscape architecture and design principles. Program efficacy will be assessed through participant production, outcome analysis, observation, surveys, and performance on the design activities. The findings will contribute to understanding and evaluating program effectiveness in improving environmental education.</p>
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Environmental education is not aligning with the sustainability and educational needs of the 21st century. Design-based learning emerges as a viable solution, fostering problem-solving and experiential learning in the environment. With its constructivist approach, it has the potential to improve environmental literacy across diverse social contexts. This research explores the use of research by design and design-based learning to develop extracurricular programs in schools in Brazil and Hungary. The analytical framework is developed through a literature review and systematic case analysis. The program’s objective is to engage the school community in redesigning their environment, following the design-based instruction framework, and incorporating the community’s context and landscape architecture and design principles. Program efficacy will be assessed through participant production, outcome analysis, observation, surveys, and performance on the design activities. The findings will contribute to understanding and evaluating program effectiveness in improving environmental education.

Researching By Design: Methodologies to Explore Design-Based Instruction for Youth Resilience to Environmental Challenges

Department of Landscape Protection and Reclamation

Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Urban Planning and Urban Green Infrastructure

YBL Journal of Built Environment

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Environmental education is not aligning with the sustainability and educational needs of the 21st century. Design-based learning emerges as a viable solution,...

Researching By Design: Methodologies to Explore Design-Based Instruction for Youth Resilience to Environmental Challenges

Published Online: Jun 22, 2024

Page range: 87 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2024-0009

Keywords
research methodologies, experimental educational program, design process as pedagogical method, design process as research method, environmental education

© 2024 Tayana Passos Rosa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Researching By Design: Methodologies to Explore Design-Based Instruction for Youth Resilience to Environmental Challenges

Published Online: Jun 22, 2024

Page range: 87 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2024-0009

Keywordsresearch methodologies, experimental educational program, design process as pedagogical method, design process as research method, environmental education

© 2024 Tayana Passos Rosa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
research methodologies, experimental educational program, design process as pedagogical method, design process as research method, environmental education